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THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE TO<br/>
<span class=large>TIMOTHY</span>
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CHAPTER 4
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Paul describes the latter-day apostasy—Christ is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe.
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Now</span> the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Last Days.">latter</a> times some shall <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/1b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Holy Ghost, Loss of.">depart</a> from the faith, giving heed to <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/1c" mark="c" type="R" title="GR deceitful; TG Apostasy of the Early Christian Church; TG Spirits, Evil or Unclean.">seducing</a> spirits, and <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/4/1d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG False Doctrine.">doctrines</a> of devils;
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Speaking <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/2a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Lying.">lies</a> in <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/2b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Hypocrisy.">hypocrisy</a>; having their <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/2c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Conscience; TG Spiritual Blindness.">conscience</a> seared with a hot iron;
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/3a" mark="a" type="C" title="Matt. 8: 14; D&C 49: 15; TG Marriage, Temporal.">Forbidding</a> to <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/3b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Marriage.">marry</a>, <i>and commanding</i> to <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/3c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Abstinence.">abstain</a> from <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/4/3d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Food; TG Word of Wisdom.">meats</a>, which God hath <sup>e</sup><a href="1_tim/4/3e" mark="e" type="A" title="D&C 49: 19.">created</a> to be received with <sup>f</sup><a href="1_tim/4/3f" mark="f" type="A" title="D&C 89: 11 (11-13).">thanksgiving</a> of them which believe and know the truth.
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For every <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/4a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR creation.">creature</a> of God <i>is</i> <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/4b" mark="b" type="A" title="Gen. 1: 31.">good</a>, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/4c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Thanksgiving.">thanksgiving</a>:
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For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
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If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/6a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR which thou hast followed closely.">whereunto</a> thou hast attained.
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But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself <i>rather</i> unto godliness.
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For bodily exercise profiteth <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/8a" mark="a" type="P" title="GR a little while.">little</a>: but <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/8b" mark="b" type="C" title="Luke 12: 31; TG Godliness.">godliness</a> is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
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This <i>is</i> a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation.
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For therefore we both <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/10a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Labor.">labour</a> and suffer <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/10b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproach</a>, because we <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/10c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Trust in God.">trust</a> in the living God, who is the <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/4/10d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Atonement through; TG Jesus Christ, Savior.">Saviour</a> of all men, specially of those that <sup>e</sup><a href="1_tim/4/10e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Faith.">believe</a>.
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These things command and teach.
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Let no man <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Cor. 16: 11 (10-11).">despise</a> thy youth; but be thou an <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/12b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Example; TG Priesthood, Qualifying for.">example</a> of the believers, in word, in <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/12c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR conduct, behavior.">conversation</a>, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/4/12d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Chastity; TG Purity; TG Virtue.">purity</a>.
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Till I come, give attendance to <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Study.">reading</a>, to exhortation, to doctrine.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/14a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Magnifying Callings within.">Neglect</a> not the <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/14b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG God, Gifts of; TG Stewardship; TG Talents.">gift</a> that is in thee, which was given thee by <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/14c" mark="c" type="C" title="1 Tim. 1: 18; TG Prophecy.">prophecy</a>, with the <sup>d</sup><a href="1_tim/4/14d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Priesthood, Authority; TG Priesthood, Ordination.">laying</a> on of the <sup>e</sup><a href="1_tim/4/14e" mark="e" type="B" title="TG Hands, Laying on of.">hands</a> of the <sup>f</sup><a href="1_tim/4/14f" mark="f" type="P" title="GR elders.">presbytery</a>.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Meditation.">Meditate</a> upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy <sup>b</sup><a href="1_tim/4/15b" mark="b" type="P" title="GR progress, advancement.">profiting</a> may <sup>c</sup><a href="1_tim/4/15c" mark="c" type="P" title="GR be manifest in all.">appear</a> to all.
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Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both <sup>a</sup><a href="1_tim/4/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="James 5: 20 (19-20); D&C 101: 39 (39-40).">save</a> thyself, and them that hear thee.
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